Conveyer.



D. W. SULLIVAN.

GONVEYER.

APPLICATION FILED I'EB.2, 1909.

PatentedMar. 15, 1910.

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Wihwooeo D. W. SULLIVAN.

' GONVBYER.

APLLIGATION FILED PEKZ, 1909.

' Patented Mar. 15, 1910.

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GOODOOOOOOOOPOOOCIOOOQOQOOO elm-is W. fiulliv a citizen of the UnitedDENNIS w. SULLIVAN, or NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT.

CONVEYER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patelltd Mar.

Application filed February 2. 1909. Serial No. 475,654.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I. DENNIS W. SULLIVAN, States, residing at New London.in the county of New London and State of Connecticut. have invented newand-useful Improvements in Conveyors, of which the following aspecification. I

This invention relates to conveyers, and

more particularly to one adapted for use upon a steamship or colher tobe used particularly in transferring coal from the ship or collier to avessel, and has for an object to provide apparatus of this characterembodying a rotatable frame mounted beneath the deck of the ship orcollier and provided with an angularly adjustable frame carryinganendless conveyer belt provided with backupon the frame proper ortherefor.

ets or similar receptacles adapted to collect or gather coal from theship or collicr at. a point beneath the deck and to carry the coalupwardly and discharge the same into a chute for transferring coal orthe like to the desired point.

'A still further object of my invention resides in the peculiarconstruction and novel manner of mounting the conveyer frame support sothat the endless belt canbe easily, efi'ectively and convenientlyshifted or revolved to change its position with respect to the deck ofthe boat.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent as the nature of theinvention is betv.

ter set forth. and itwill be understood that changes within the scope ofthe claim may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I

In the drawings, forming a portion of this specification and in whichlike characters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views:Figure 1 is a side view of the apparatus showing its position withrespect to the collier orship. Fig. 2 is a front view. Fig. 3 is adetail section through a portion of the deck of the collicr or shipshowing the construction of the turntable. Fig. 1 is a top plan View ofthe turntable. Fig. 5 is a detail rear elevation of a portion of theeonveyer frame and the supporting frame Referring now more particularlyto the drawings there is shown the deck A of a collier or ship which isprovided with an openinglB in which is mounted a turntable 1. The deck Ais provided with an annu ar rail 2 having an inwardly directed flange 3upon which supporting rollers or wheels 4 are adapted to revolve. Thewheels or rollers 1 are carried by beams or sills 5 upon the under sideof the-turntable 1. The turntable is providedupon its peripheral edgewith a -n1etal band or collar (5 engaged with antifriction rollers 7carried by the deck A and which have portions. extending partly into theopening B. The turntable 1 has formed therein an elongated passages inwhich is mounted a vertically disposed frame 9 comprising verticallyextending side members 110 which are connected to each other at theirupper ends by a cross bar 11.

It will of course be understood that the side members 10 of the frame 9can be constructed from angle iron beams or bars or a frame for thepurpose desired may be constructed in anydesirable manner. The sidemembers 10 of the frame 9 adjacent to their lower ends are extendedimvardly and have secured thereto a pivot stud l2 lll()llllf (.(l lll astep bearing 13 upon the kelson of the collier, as shown, and thisconstruction provides means so that the frame 9 can beconvenientlyrevolved when desired. The side-members 10 of the frame 9 have connectedthereto a revoluble roller or supporting element 11 with whichisslidably;

engaged a frame 15 having its'lower portion disposed in the hold of theCollier-beneath the deck A, and as shown, the frame 15 is provided withahorizontally disposed axle 16 provided with sup iortingrollers 17.mounted upon the kelson l8 and adapted to travel thereon. The frame 15is provided adjacent to the lower end thereof with a horizontallydisposed shaft 18 mounted at its end in adjustable bearing boxes 19, andas shown the said shaft has secured thereto sprocket. wheels 20. videdadjacent to the upper end thereof with a driven shaft 21 provided withfixed sprocket wheels 22 disposed in line with the sprocket wheels 20.The sprocket wheels 20 and 22 are provided with peripheral notches 23 toreceive cross bars 21 which are The frame 15.is pro- I connected to eachother by links 25. The

cross bars have secured thereto preferably at intervals conveyor bucketsor receptacles 26. The construction of the cross bars and the links andbuckets form an elfective end less belt or eonveyer for a purpose to behereinafter more fully disclosed. 21 has secured thereto a sprocket.wheel 27 over which is passed a drive belt 28 engaged The shaft with asprocket wheel 25-) upon a driven shaft 30 secured in any suitablemanner upon the under side of the frame 15 and disposed betweeirtheleads of the endless conveyer or belt. The shaft 30 carries a sprocketwheel 31 that may be geared in any suit able manner to a motor or anyother driving mechanism. In order that the conveyer can move with butlittle friction I provide the framewith'a plurality of brackets 32 whichsupport rollers 33 engaged upon the under side of the outer lead of theconveyer or belt.

The frame 9 has secured thereto a supple- 15 mental frame 34 providedwith a Windlass 35, the shaft of which is provided with a spur wheel 30.in mesh with a similar spur wheel or pinion 37 upon a crank shaft 38.The crank shaft 38 is provided with a suitable ratchet detent 39 toprevent retrograde movement of thesaid shaft as will be understood. TheWindlass has secured thereto one end of a flexible connection or cable40 which is passed over a guide roller 41 carried by the frame 9 andthis cable is engaged with a block or pulley 42 upon the frame 15. Theconnection or cable 40 is also engaged with .a block or pulley 43, andthe terminal end of said cable or flexible 3Q eoimection is secured to ahook 44 removably engaged with aretaining element 45 upon the frame 9.The Windlass has also secured thereto one end of a cable or flexibleconnection 46, the said cable'having a portion passed over a pulley 47upon the frame 9 and extended downwardly and beneath a pulley 48adjacent to the lower end of the frame 9. The cable is finally passedover a pulley 49 carried by a frame 50 extending from the frame 15. Theframe 9 adjacent to the lower end thereof is provided with a block orpulley 51 around which and the pulley 49 the cable or flexibleconnection 46 is passed and the terminal end of said cable or connectionis secured as illustrated at 52 to the frame of the block or pulley 51.

The frame 15 has extending therefrom a supplemental frame 53 whichsupports a chute 54 having discharge tubes 55 provided at their lowerends with spherical heads or portions 56 engaged'with socket members 57carried by hollow discharge connections 58. The chute 54 has pivotedthereto as shown at 59 a gate 60 which maybe manually operated byn'ieans of a connection 61 so that the gateGO can be swung into twopositions to alternately open and close the tubes 55 to allow coal ormaterial to be discharged at the desired point. The upper end of thechute 54 is disposed directly beneath the buckets or receptacles 26 toreceive coal or material therefrom in their return movement.

Should it be desired to cause the frame 15 to assume a greater anglethan that shown 65 in Fig. l the crank shaft 38 is manually operated towind thereon the cables 40 and 46,

the former in view of the described connections effectively raising theframe 15, and the latter in view of its previously described connectionswill effectively move the lower end of the frame 15 inwardly toward theframe 9. The construction described by me is such that should it bedesired to reverse the position of the frame 15 so that the dis- 7 5charge chute 54 can have its position correspondingly changed the frame15 can be rotated 1n view of the fact that it is supported upon therevoluble frame 9.

' It is desirable in apparatus of this characterto lubricate variousworking elements thereof from the most convenient point, and

I therefore provide an oil cup or container 62 at a point above the deckA, and I connect with said cup or container a discharge pipe 63 whichhas its lower end connected in any suitable manner with one or both ofthe boxes 1,9 to thoroughly lubricate the shaft 18% I claim v Inapparatus of the class described, a revoluble horizontally disposedturntable, said turntable having a passage formed therein, a verticallyextending frame extending through portions of the turntable, a bearingbeneath the said turntable, a stud carried by the frame and mounted inthe said bearing, an angularly adjustable frame carried by the mainframe and disposed with a portion in the passage formed in the saidturntable, and endless chain carried buckets carried by the last namedframe.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DENNIS l SULLIVAN. lVitnesses WILLIAM J BRENNAN,

LEONTINE A. ST. GERMA-IN.

